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anyone who plays in a diaper or a sock has mental problems, even if he is talented.
entwhistle did nothing special, he is only famous through association. claypool owns them both.
i'll never understand why people call mcartney a great bassist. you can't name one thing he ever did with a bass that couldn't be repeated by a 1st year bassist. great song writer, ok, i'll buy that. great bassist? ummm...no.

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Or a wicked sense of fun.

I can name very few rock bassists who can construct basslines as perfectly as McCartney... and he grooves so hard. These things make him a great bassist. The fact that he doesn't vomit his chops all over Beatles songs doesn't detract from his standing - it adds to it. I think a lot of people don't realise just how good he is until they play bass. Examples:


i can't find the cover version i've posted before, but this kid does a pretty good job


some guy covering Something

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So you don't like his music based on what he wears on stage?

Funkadelic did the diaper thing too, what a bunch of hacks.

Hahaha. No.

Have you heard Live at Leeds? Yeah, you can barely tell the guy is there most of the time.

There wouldn't be a Claypool without Entwistle.

Seriously, just shut up before you embarrass yourself any further. You obviously know little or nothing about this subject.

Skill isn't goddamn everything. That being said McCartney was not lacking in skill. He did a lot of basslines that were at least for the time, incredibly intricate. It's difficult to sing and play bass at the same time and considering how talented Paul was on both counts that shouldn't be written off.

McCartney was a very influencial and innovative bassist, if you listened to the late 60s Beatles you can tell that they had a lot more bass dominated songs than guitar dominated songs. He and Entwistle were the most important in elevating the role of bass to being more than just a connect the dots instrument, they were the first non R&B bassists in rock music to have whole songs structured around a bass riff or melody.

You know who did the first bass solo on a mainstream recording? Yep. Entwistle on My Generation.

But I guess that wasn't enough wanking for your taste.

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